alleryStart learning →In 1656 which Dutch scientist built the first pendulum clock?
AIsaac Newton
BRobert Hooke
CGalileo Galilei
DChristiaan Huygens
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens built the first pendulum clock in 1656.
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